Resources: Roles and Competencies

I've added a PDF that contains the results of my dissertation research, as it applies to roles and competencies for implementing online learning in higher education.  See "Resources" in left sidebar at the bottom.

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Online Instructor Competencies

There are several training courses out there to develop competencies for online teaching. Because I'm developing one such workshop, I started looking for research identifying competencies for online instructors. Here's what I've found so far. If any of you know of other resources, let me know.

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Google Sites

Here's a YouTube video overview of the new Google app release cased Google Sites. It is a group collaboration tool that.... well, watch the video.

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Instructional Design Tips

I was asked the other day what I thought was the most important advised to give someone who was about to design an online workshop or course. I have one hour with that person. What would I say? Here's what I came up with:

1. Have clear and measurable objectives.

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Digital Literacies

What are the digital literacies our students need to know in order to be successful in a digital world? This link is to a podcast of a keynote speech on the topic by Susan E. Metros, Deputy CIO & Associate Vice Provost at the University of Southern California, "Challenging IT Leaders to Mashup, Twitter, Tag, and Poke: New IT Strategies for a Digital Society".

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Atomic Learning's Free Tutorials on Google Docs

The Society for Applied Learning Technology (SALT) mentions some new tutorials on Google Docs developed by Atomic Learning and offered for free through May 1.

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fMRI and Driving?

I'm following up, sort of, on my previous post on the limitations of the fMRI.

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